Two veteran professional skiers, hardened and seasoned by tragedy in the mountains seek a rekindling of their aggressive approach to steep terrain by venturing to Norway’s Lyngen Alps with a fearless young phenom - only to find that the mountains have much more to teach them all about risk, reckoning and the thin line between glory and grief.

Produced by: Cody Townsend & B.Colective

Skiers: Cody Townsend, Nikolai Schirmer, Elyse Saugstad

Cinematography by: Bjarne Salen, Joonas Mattila

Edited by: Mike Douglas

Directed by: Cody Townsend & Mike Douglas

Sound by: Carlos “Charlie” Hernadez

Design by: GPM Design

A gravel bike, a splitboard strapped to the frame, and a tent with other gear packed in the bags — the freedom to move at your own pace, live simply, and let the weather decide the rest.

This was the plan of Henna Palosaari and Karen Ekman when they set off last spring to go freeriding in Sunnmøre, Southern Norway.

The area was already familiar to them, but this time they wanted to experience it in a new way.

The film Ride to Ride documents their ten-day adventure on Norway’s west coast — a journey that led them to invent the word suffer-puffer, showed what happens when physical exhaustion quiets the mind, and reminded them of the simple joy that life and movement in the mountains can bring.

Riders: Henna Palosaari, Karen Ekman

Filming: Joonas Mattila and Mikko-Pekka Karlin

Photos: Mikko-Pekka Karlin, Adam Gairns, Henna Palosaari

Mikko Rehnberg’s interpretation of street snowboarding through Arttu Heikkinen’s visual eye.

Shift portrays Mikko’s transition from competing to pursuing new dreams in snowboarding.

Featuring: Mikko Rehnberg
Shot & Edit by: Arttu Heikkinen